Hurricane Matthew victims filled with holiday cheer by Salvation Army
>>> HURRICANE MATTHEW IS NOT
HURTING THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
AT
THE SALVATION ARMY IN --
>> SLOANE REPORTS, THE
ORGANIZATION IS MAKING SURE
EVERY CHILD HAS A CHRISTMAS.
>>Reporter: WALLS CAME TO THE
SALVATION ARMY IN GOLDSBORO
HOPING FOR A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.
>> I'M WORRY BERGDAHL HOUSING
DURING CHRISTMAS AND PAYING
BILLS.
>> HE SHARED HIS STORY AND A
LITTLE PIECE OF HIS HEART.
>> SHE'S GORGEOUS.
LOOK AT HER
SMILE.
>> THAT SMILE, THAT'S ALL WALL
SAYS HE WANTED TO SEE ON HIS
LITTLE GIRL'S FACE CHRISTMAS
MORNING, BUT HURRICANE MATTHEW
MADE TIMES DIFFICULT.
HE LOST
HIS CAR AND LIVELIHOOD.
>> THAT'S MY TRANSPORTATION BACK
AND FORT TO GET THE BABY TO HER
APPOINTMENTS AND GETTING TO
WORK.
>> THE SALVATION ARMY HAS BEEN
SEEING A LOT OF LAST MINUTE
EMERGENCY CASES.
MOSTLY DUE TO
THE HURRICANE.
>> PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS AND MINDS,
THEY WERE NOT FOCUSED ON
CHRISTMAS.
THEY WERE FOCUSED ON
THE HERE AND NOW, WHAT CAN I DO
TO GET STABLED NOW.
>> ON TOP OF GETTING HIT BY A
HURRICANE, THE SALVATION ARMY
WAS HIT BY THIEVES.
THEY HAD 40
BIKES STOLEN, BUT THE COMMUNITY
CAME TOGETHER TO REPLACE THOSE
BIKES AND SOME.
>> OUR COMMUNITY IS SO GENEROUS.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
>> THAT GENEROUS SPIRIT HELPED
THE SALVATION ARMY IN GOLDSBORO
SERVE MORE THAN 200 FAMILY THAT
IS CHRISTMAS.
IT MEANS THAT
WALLS RECEIVED TOYS FOR HIS BABY
AND DIAPERS AND FOOD.
>> IS THAT GOOD?
YOU'RE
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY GIRLFRIEND, WE BE PRAYING
AND TRUSTING GOD, YOU KNOW.
HE'S BEEN COMING THROUGH.
THEY
SAY HE'S ALWAYS ON TIME.
AND
THIS IS RIGHT ON TIME.
>> A TRUE GIFT THIS CHRISTMAS.
SLOANE HEFFERNAN, WRAL NEWS,
GOLDSBORO.
>>> THE SALVATION ARMY CONTINUES
TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AND THEY SAY
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO GIVE IS
TO PLACE A DONATION IN ONE OF
THEIR RED KETTLES.
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